Tracker-board for self-playing musical instruments.



FREDERICK WILLAM SMITH.

TION DF NEW YORK.

TRrCKERBOAR-E FOR SELF-PL Giigna application filed September 16, 1911 Serial Be it known that l. Fmmann'n WiLLiAn SMITH, a citizen ot Great. Britain, who has made applieatlon to become a ritizen ot the Specification of Letters Ela/cent.

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United St:ites,resiili1iat 'North Tona ianda, f

County of Niagarz.. and State of ew York, haveinvented Certain new and useful Iniprovernents in Tracker-Boards 'tor ,Seli`- Playing Musical instruments of whieh the following is a specification. 1

v vThis invention relates to traolnr-lnmrds for self-playing musi al instruments.

l The present application is a cli'vh .my copentling 'application on automatinplayers, tiled September 16. Nil. Serial No. 649,772.

This, invention consists ot a tmeker-lioard having, in addition to the usual note open ings, a nia'ster opening and controlling openings arranged in a novel manner and adapted, in eonnednion with a perforated rnusif.` sheet, for the control and playing of one or more organs, pianos, or other musical in-- struments; f

The tracker-board is intended and adapt ed for use in connection with any system ot connections and devices whereby a suitably perforated niusii,l sheet pnssing` over the tracker-board may be utilized by the sinrultaneons Coincidence or registry of the pei orations in said sheet with the master opening, and certain of the Controllingopenings to selectively nncorerthe Controlling open ings, and` through the system or' conne@- tions or devices employed, selectively oontrol the playing of one or more organs. pianos., or other musical instruments through the medium of the note openings.

The pneurnato-eleetri ele tro-pnennmiie, and electrical means and derives set forth in my application Serial No. 649.772. tiled tien teniher '1.6. 1911, are peculiarly adapted for use in connection with the present improved tracker-lmard, but the latter is not restricted to suoli a system and may be employed in connection with any other system and means adapted for use therewith and l do not. therefore, restrict the tracker-board to use in connection with any particular system.

The aceolnpanyingl drawing is a tace view of a portion of a tracker-board provided with openings afeording` to the presentin- Ventron.

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these hole E ing` holes l. l profieleser'ies of other YING 'MUSICAL ZNSTRUJIENTS.

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T designates a seetion of a trucker-honrd whieh provided with the usual nl ing' holes l whieh Qontrol the means ir-fleuves that sound the inusiral instrument. rhether the latter be an organ or piano and slwther 1 electro-pneuinatleally.

pneumaticali. or inechanirally op ed. The holes or optar ings l are one nundred and teu in ninnher more or less as 'may required. and all nt' exeep those inoluded transverse nws i' which app used as playing lioles :tor sounding' on the musical instrument, organ o' orion'.

ln addition to 1- r Url plen'fntal holes i wiieh Control tho artmn of 'the musical instrument 'i .snelzmanner as to throw on or the di @reni organs. pianos. musical devices, or manuals to lie played by means of the pertorations in I.' music sheet. The tracker-hoard has in nil two hundred and forty-three holes more less. as may lie requirm'l. the number ot hoi depending on the of' instrument ai the' number ofthe organs. pianos. musical devices to he operatwl. t tal of two hundred and tortytlnfee linore or less. the playing` s l one hundred and ten more to provide tor the ditierent in.. wliieh are divided between solo and a' paniinent. Rach series of supplemental holes T consists of two rows. one row lining adapted to throw the organ or niusieal in'- struinent :1i-tions on and the other row to throw them nii". The openings l". whiliz in line with playing (niening's l'. are not 9? playing openings but are a part or the s ppleniental control openings T.

l provide a separate hole or perforation Z in the traPlien-iwal@ Whirh in the nature of a master li; el for thereason that in eontrolling` the :io-us means 1L acl in the system, it Controls the master device wim out whose antion the. organs, pianos, or other musical instruments Cannot he operated. "i also provide the single row of main controllingl holes T2 which includes the hole T forming no part of the series of playing` or note holes Except when. the master haie or opening Z is nneovered by the nui-sie sheet. regardless or" what other .iles are unoovl ered, operation and sounding oii the musical,

i 4. A tracker-board for sellplaying inusical instruments, having row of note openings and, in addition thereto, transversely arranged pairs ofy rows oi controlling openings, and a master opening lying inside the path of travel of the niusie sheet, said master opening and controlling epenings being adapted to be opened by perforations 'therein l and to jointly control the sounding or the notes by the note open'ings.

5. A tracker-board for self-playing musical instruments, having a row-of note openings and, iii addition thereto, transversely arranged pairs of rows of supplemental con`- l l l master opening, and an additional single row trolling openings, and@ single transversely arranged row of main controlling openings.

6. A tracker-board for selri'playing inusiral instruments, having a roW of note openof main controlling openings.

In testimony whereof, l hereunto aliiii niy signature in presence of two witnesses,

FREDERCK WLLAM SMl'lll.

Witnesses z e vnriiinioii ROBERTSON, minfin TV. MESSING. 

